COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State women’s golf team shot a 306 in the first round of the NCAA West Regional Thursday, earning a fifth-place standing at the par-72 Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis, Ore. The top eight teams and two individuals from the regional will advance to the NCAA Championships May 22-25.

The race for the eight championship berths is tight, as five teams are tied for seventh place with a 308. Arizona dominated the first day of competition with a 1-under-par 287, grabbing a 15-stroke lead over Stanford. Michigan State (304), Memphis (305), OSU (306) and UCLA (307) are all just ahead of the seventh-place logjam.

Big Ten Player of the Year Mollie Fankhauser (So., Dublin, Ohio/Cols. School for Girls) tied a career low with a 70 (-2) in the first round. She is knotted with Arizona’s Lorena Ochoa for second place, two strokes behind Arizona’s Natalie Gulbis.